Japan rearmed
the politics of military power
- ISBN: 9780674293953
- Editorial: Harvard University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge (Mass.). Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 21 cm
- Nº Pág.: 333
- Idiomas: Inglés
Japan has one of Asia’s most technologically advanced militaries, yet it has struggled to use its hard power as an instrument of national policy. The horrors of World War II continue to haunt policymakers in Tokyo, but a fundamental shift in East Asian geopolitics has forced Japan to rethink its commitment to pacifism. Its military, once feared as a security liability, now appears to be an indispensable asset.
In Japan Rearmed, Sheila Smith argues that Japan is not only responding to threats from North Korean missiles and Chinese maritime activities, it is fundamentally reevaluating its dependence on the United States as its leaders confront the very real possibility that they may soon need to prepare for war.
Japan in the Cold War
The Self-Defense Force abroad
Mobilizing the military
The Constitution revisited
Relying on borrowed power
